*hagi*

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; eating men; 'a`nqrwpos man + + &unr_; to eat. ] Man eaters; cannibals. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who east human flesh. [ Ludicrous ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cannibal. W. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Tending to stop hemorrhage. -- n. A remedy for hemorrhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; self + &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to bacteriophage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. chthonophagia; Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, earth + &unr_; to eat. ] A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. dysphagia, fr. Gr. dys- ill, hard + &unr_; to eat. ] (Med.) Difficulty in swallowing, or inability to swallow.
Syn. -- aglutition. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, milk + &unr_; to eat: cf. &unr_; to live on milk. ] One who eats, or subsists on, milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, earth + &unr_; to eat. ] The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "a`gios sacred, holy + -archy.] A sacred government; government by holy orders of men. Southey. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "a`gios holy, and kratei^n to govern.] Government by a priesthood; hierarchy. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. "agio`grafa (sc. bibli`a), fr. "agio`grafos written by inspiration; "a`gios sacred, holy + gra`fein to write.] 1. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles, or that portion of the Old Testament not contained in the Law (Tora) and the Prophets (Nevi'im) -- it is also called in Hebrew the Ketuvim. Together with the Tora and Nevi'im, it comprises the Hebrew Bible, which is called in Hebrew the Tanach, a vocalization of the first letters of its three parts. [1913 Webster + RP]

2. (R. C. Ch.) The lives of the saints. Brande & C. [1913 Webster]

Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. of or pertaining to the Hagiographa, or to sacred writings; -- same as hagiographal. [ PJC ]

2. of or pertaining to hagiography. [ PJC ]

n. Same as Hagiographa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "a`gios sacred + &unr_; worship.] The invocation or worship of saints. [1913 Webster]

n. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hagiologists have related it without scruple. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "a`gios sacred + -logy.] The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints. J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "a`gios sacred + -scope.] An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint. Hook. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. a"imorragiko`s: cf. F. hémorrhagique.] Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) Altrices. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ NL. See Hippophagous. ] Eaters of horseflesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hippophagy. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who eats horseflesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ichthyophagous. ] One who eats, or subsists on, fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the lotus + &unr_; to eat. ] (Class. Myth.) A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. mh`n month + &unr_; to break. ] (Med.) (a) Profuse menstruation. (b) Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; womb + &unr_; to break. ] (Med.) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Zool.) A natural family of New World anteaters.
Syn. -- family Myrmecophagidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'wmofa`gos; 'wmo`s raw + fagei^n to eat. ] Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food; as, omophagic feasts, rites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'o`streon an oyster + fagei^n to eat. ] One who feeds on oysters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pantophagous. ] A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds of food. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Phytophagous. [ 1913 Webster ]